21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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An instrumental dance side credited to Selvin on Columbia 14106, 'Up in the Clouds' / 'Thinking of you'.AI summary
Columbia 14106 Dance
Columbia 5591 Orchestra
Selvin, performing two popular ballads on Columbia: 'I'm just a Vagabond Lover' and 'Sing a little Love Song'.AI summary
Columbia 5609 Dance
Selvin (likely Ben Selvin, a prolific American dance-band leader) performs 'Web of love' and 'I'm in love with you' on Columbia 5631.AI summary
Columbia 5631 Dance
Selvin, likely the bandleader Ben Selvin, on Columbia 5704 performing 'Miss you' and 'Somebody mighty like you', from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5704 Dance
Selvin credited on Columbia, performing popular sentimental and novelty material of the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5726 Voice
Selvin on Columbia 893D, performing 'Rio Rita' and 'Kinkajou'. Ben Selvin was a prolific American violinist and bandleader with an enormous discography for Columbia and other labels in the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Columbia 893D Dance
Selvin on 'When I'm looking at you' and 'Rogue song', from Columbia's CB series of dance and popular material around 1929. Selvin may refer to Ben Selvin's orchestra, a major dance-band leader of the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB71 Dance
Selvin's orchestra recorded 'Bend down Sister' and 'I Wouldn't Change You for the World' (with Guy Lombardo credited on the flip) for Columbia Records, catalogue CB406. Selvin was a prolific session bandleader; Lombardo was the dominant sweet-jazz leader of the era.AI summary
Columbia CB406 Dance
Selvin on Columbia CB495, a 1920s dance band side; Ben Selvin was a prolific dance-band leader and recording artist of the era, and this Columbia issue would have been mass-pressed.AI summary
Columbia CB495 Dance
Ben Selvin, a prolific American bandleader, leading his orchestra on 'I Only Have Eyes for You' and 'A New Moon Over My Shoulder' (J Green) on Columbia CB809.AI summary
Columbia CB809 Dance
Ben Selvin's dance orchestra, recorded for His Master's Voice, coupling two popular standards of the early 1920s: 'Dardanella' and the J. Smith composition 'Yellow Dog Blues'. Selvin was one of the most prolific dance bandleaders of the acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1089 Dance
Selvin (likely Ben Selvin, the prolific dance-band leader and arranger) recorded 'Smilin' and 'Goodbye pretty Butterflies' for Brunswick, catalogue 2182; Selvin was a major recording artist throughout the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Brunswick 2182 Orchestra
Selvin's orchestra was a prolific New York dance band of the 1920s recording for Victor and other major labels. This recording features the Palace Trio and represents their typical dance-band repertoire.AI summary
Victor 18682 Dance
'Yellow Dog Blues' and 'In Shadowland' recorded by Selvin for the Emer label, catalogue 10133. Ben Selvin was a prolific dance-orchestra leader; Emer was an American label, but UK pressings do exist.AI summary
Emerson 10133 Dance
Selvin with Just a Girl That Men Forget and Hoot Mon on Vocalion 14664.AI summary
Vocalion 14664 Dance
Selvin with Daisy Days and, credited Sherbo, Avalon on Vocalion M1005.AI summary
Vocalion M1005 Dance
Selvin recorded 'Ti-o-San' and 'Stolen Kisses' for Vocalion X9059. Selvin was an American bandleader; Vocalion was a major American and British label.AI summary
Vocalion X9059 Dance
Selvin with Ka-lu-a and, by the Bar Harbor band, Say It While Dancing on Vocalion X9279.AI summary
Vocalion X9279 Dance
Selvin with The Hoodoo Man and Moonlight Memories on Vocalion X9484.AI summary
Vocalion X9484 Dance
Selvin with Swanee Butterfly and, by Miami, While Hawaiian Stars Are Gleaming on Vocalion X9594.AI summary
Vocalion X9594 Dance
Ben Selvin led one of the most prolific American orchestras of the 1920s-1930s, recording hundreds of sides for many labels; 'You Are the Melody' and 'Old Fashioned Girl' appear on this Columbia pressing, catalogue CB181.AI summary
Columbia CB181 Dance
Selvin with Wild Rose and, credited Somers, Look for the Silver Lining on Vocalion X9068.AI summary
Vocalion X9068 Dance
Ben Selvin led one of the most recorded dance orchestras of the 1920s–30s, prolific and commercially successful; this Columbia side pairs his jazz-dance idiom with popular standards of the era.AI summary
Columbia 5727 Dance
Selvin (likely Ben Selvin, an American conductor and orchestra leader) recorded 'June Moon' and 'Yoo Hoo' for Act, an obscure British label. The Act label is not well documented.AI summary
Actuelle 10254 Dance
Selvin recorded 'One Summer night' and 'Just like a Butterfly' (credited to Ipana) for Regal Records. Selvin may be Ben Selvin, a prolific bandleader of the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Regal 8923 Dance
Selvin recorded 'Up in the Clouds' and 'Thinking of you' for Regal, catalogue 9294, a budget British label recording of the 1930s.AI summary
Regal 9294 Dance
Selvin recorded 'You're the Cream in My Coffee' and 'To Know You Is to Love You' on Regal 9334. The title and period suggest a 1920s popular song recording.AI summary
Regal 9334 Voice
Ben Selvin was a prolific American bandleader and recording artist of the 1920s and early 1930s; this Brunswick disc of 'Betty' and 'Valencia' is typical dance-band fare from his vast catalogue.AI summary
Brunswick 3172 Dance
Selvin on Brunswick 3213, a 1920s dance band recording of a popular song; Ben Selvin was prolific, and Brunswick issues were mass-produced.AI summary
Brunswick 3213 Dance
Brunswick 3382 Dance
Ben Selvin's orchestra, one of the most prolific dance bands of the 1920s, recorded 'Yes She Do' and 'I Call You Sugar' for Brunswick.AI summary
Brunswick 3636 Dance
Ben Selvin was an American arranger, bandleader and prolific recording artist of the 1920s-1930s, known for numerous dance-band recordings. 'That certain Party' and 'Cross my Heart Mother I love you' are typical of his popular output. This Imperial pressing represents the budget-label reissue of what was likely originally recorded for a major American label.AI summary
Imperial 1612 Dance
Selvin recorded 'Who' and 'Sunny' for Imperial 1637. Selvin was an American bandleader; Imperial was a minor British label of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Imperial 1637 Dance
Selvin performing 'Dew Dewy Day' and 'Oh Doris Where Do You Live' on Brunswick 3610, from the early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 3610 Dance
Ben Selvin and his orchestra on Brunswick, a major dance band of the late 1920s–early 1930s performing jazz-influenced dance repertoire.AI summary
Brunswick 3679 Dance
The Selvin Band, after the American bandleader Ben Selvin, play Seven and Eleven and Dirty Hands, Dirty Face on Citizen 757.AI summary
Citizen 757 Dance
Semprini was an Italian-British pianist who became famous as a radio and light-classical recording artist; this Fonit (Italian) pressing captures him in two Italian popular songs, a later and rare non-UK pressing.AI summary
Fonit 15953 Voice
Señora Fornarina performs a couplet from 'La Matchiche' (a popular Latin-influenced dance number) on Dacapo (DacS label). The two-part format suggests an early electrical era pressing, likely 1920s.AI summary
Dacapo S3046 Dance
Señor Bocardi on VF label, this pressing of opera arias 'Arioso Pagliacci' and 'Il Fiore' is an unidentified operatic tenor.AI summary
Velvet Face 1118 Opera
Sergeant Leggett recorded 'The Sunshine of Your Smile' and 'When You Come Home' for Diamond Records (0266). Diamond was a short-lived, obscure British label, and Sergeant Leggett is not identified in standard discographies of the period.AI summary
Diamond 0266 Voice
Sergeant Leggett, 'Killarney' and 'Birds of the Forest' (Morgan & Raine), on Silv 165; a military or comic vocalist recorded on a small British label from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Silvertone 165 Voice
Sergei Lemeshev, a celebrated Russian tenor, singing the Lensky Aria from Tchaikovsky's *Eugene Onegin* and a Gypsy romance on the Soviet Aprelevski label.AI summary
Aprelevski 13997 Opera
Sergei Rachmaninoff plays his own piano transcription of Kreisler's 'Liebesfreud' in two parts on an American Victor Red Seal disc.AI summary
Victorola 1142 Classical
Sergei Rachmaninoff, the Russian composer-pianist, recorded his own "Prelude in C Sharp Minor" (Op. 3 No. 2, 1892) for His Master's Voice catalogue 5672. This is one of his most famous and frequently recorded compositions, and Rachmaninoff's own recordings are historically and artistically significant.AI summary
His Master's Voice 5672 Classical
Sergei Rachmaninoff, the Russian composer and pianist, recorded his own 'Scherzo' and 'Serenade' for His Master's Voice DA1522, an acoustic pressing from the 1920s and a historic recording of major repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1522 Classical
Sergei Rachmaninoff, the great Russian pianist and composer, recorded for His Master's Voice. This DB408 coupling of Rachmaninoff's own 'Liebesleid' and the Chopin Waltz in E Flat major represents a major classical artist, though many of his HMV recordings are known.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB408 Classical
Sergei Rachmaninoff, the Russian composer and pianist, performing his own famous Prelude in G Minor on His Master's Voice 05652. A significant historical recording by one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice 05652 Classical